Surekha Sikri | |
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.jpg) Sikri in 2019 | |
| Born | 19 April 1945 (1945-04-19) New Delhi, British India |
| Died | 16 July 2021(2021-07-16) (aged 76)[1] Mumbai,Maharashtra, India |
| Years active | 1977–2021 |
| Spouse | Hemant Rege |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
Surekha Sikri (pronounced[suˈɾeːkʰaːˈsɪkɾiː]; 19 April 1945 – 16 July 2021)[2] was an Indian actress widely known for her performance intheatre,films andtelevision. She has received several awards, including aFilmfare Award and threeNational Film Awards.
A veteran ofHindi theatre, she made her debut in the 1977 political drama filmKissa Kursi Ka and went on to play supporting roles in numerousHindi andMalayalam films, as well as inIndian soap operas.
Sikri won theNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actress thrice, for her roles inTamas (1988),Mammo (1995) andBadhaai Ho (2018). She was awarded theIndian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role in 2008 for her work in the primetime soap operaBalika Vadhu and won theIndian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the same show in 2011. In addition, she won theSangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1989 for her contributions towards Hindi theater. Her appearance inBadhaai Ho (2018) got her immense recognition and appreciation from viewers and critics. She won three awards: theNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actress,Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress and theScreen Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.
Sikri belonged toUttar Pradesh and she spent her childhood inAlmora andNainital. At the beginning of her career, she attendedAligarh Muslim University,Aligarh. Later, she graduated from theNational School of Drama (NSD) in 1971,[3] and worked with the NSD Repertory Company for over a decade before shifting base to Mumbai. Surekha Sikri was the recipient of 1989Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.[4]
Her father was in the Air Force and her mother was a teacher. She was married to Hemant Rege and she has a son, Rahul Sikri, who lives in Mumbai and works as an artist.[5] Her husband, Hemant Rege, died due to heart failure on 20 October 2009.[6]Noted actorNaseeruddin Shah is her former brother-in-law, as his first marriage was with her step-sister Manara Sikri, also known as Parveen Murad.[7] She is their daughter, Heeba Shah's, maternal aunt. Heeba acted as the younger version of her aunt's character,Dadisa in the television serialBalika Vadhu.[8]
Sikri died on 16 July 2021 at the age of 76 of acardiac arrest in Mumbai. She had been suffering from the complications of two previousbrain strokes.[9][10]
Sikri has won theNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actress three times, more than any other actress. Her other accolades include aFilmfare award, aScreen award and sixIndian Television Academy awards.
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